The small town in MOKS

This is what shopping must have been like in the late 1800's in this area, and is still found in a few places such as Arrow Rock today. This photo was the winner of the Portraits Section of the Shutterbg/Nik Software Competition Warm Summer Days and Nights

A typical small town main street, wide enough to turn an ox cart, with a mix of buildings in use and unused, along with some empty lots. Banks nearly always are the largest and most solid buildings, and most towns have a water tower nearby.

Other towns have not faired as well. The center of Hume s built around a square but now the only buildings in good repair appear to be banks. However, towns like this have residential areas in better ccondition, Many small towns are becoming 'donuts' with an open or decaying center as services have moved to larger settlements.